Month: November 2018

Fulton Daily News

Fulton Begins Switch to LED Street Lights

November 18, 2018 Mikayla Kemp
After discussing the possibility to switch to LED street lights for years for the sake of cost savings, National Grid has given city of Fulton officials approval to begin the conversion. Fulton City Clerk Daniel O’Brien said National Grid gave a tentative start date between November 28 and December 5 to begin converting the first phase of street lights throughout the city.

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SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley invites area residents to take advantage of Romney Field House (above) and other recreational, educational and cultural facilities and events Nov. 20 to 25 for Cruisin' the Campus for Thanksgiving, an annual way for the college to express its gratitude to the supportive, engaged community.
Community

Community Tradition — Cruisin’ the Campus — Continues This Thanksgiving

November 17, 2018 Contributor
In this season of thanks, the SUNY Oswego campus community takes pride in continuing its Cruisin’ the Campus tradition of inviting families throughout the community to enjoy college recreational, educational and athletic facilities and events during the Thanksgiving break, Nov. 20 to 25.

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Fort Ontario refugee Dr. Hugo Graner, a 51-year-old medical doctor from Keshnitz, Austria, receives a warm reception from his daughter Hildergarde, aged 13 (left); his son Otto, aged 16 (right); and his wife Elsa when he arrived in New York on January 18, 1945. Graner’s reunion with his family marked the end of a seven-year separation, the last year and a half of which he spent alone at Fort Ontario while his family lived only a six-hour train ride away.
Oswego Daily News

‘We’ll Meet Again’ with Ann Curry Features Local History at Fort Ontario

November 17, 2018 Contributor
Tune in to your local PBS station on Tuesday, November 20 for “We’ll Meet Again,” a television series hosted by Ann Curry. This week’s program features Holocaust survivors and includes a story about a former resident of the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, now Fort Ontario State Historic Site.

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